100th Anniversary of Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Galesburg, Ill. Oct. 4 & 7, 1958.
Descriptive paragraph by M.M. Goodsill, Sec. of Centennial Comm. Work on paper done by Mr. J. Orton Finley, of Oneida, Ill – Member of Comm. for Centennial Research. Also letter to Paul H. Douglas concerning a speech given at Galesburg 1954. Answer to Mr. Finley from Paul H. Douglas. Notes which tell of circumstances at the time of the debate. A discussion about Tom Paine and questions concerning him. Folder – “Why Galesburg & Knox College were on Lincoln’s Side”. Prepared by Herman R. Muelder, Prof. of History, Knox College.